Padded cover for ironing boards



June 29 ,1926. 1;'59o;9s3

| R. F. PoLsKl v PADDD COVER FOR IRONINGy BOARDS Filed June 24, 1925MPoma/2' j? P0 782,2'

Patented `lune 29,1926.

UNITED f STATES PATENT oFFlc.

ROMAN F. IPOLSKI, OF ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA.

IPADDED COVER FOR IRONING BOARDS.

applicati@ 1aed :une 24, 1925. serial No. 39,244.

It is my object to provide an improved cover and pad therefor, adaptedto be quicklyand easily attached to and detached from the top of anironing board of common type.

5 I-Ieretofore, it has been common practice to secure the covers andpads to ironing -boards by the use of nails, tacksor similar i fasteningmeans, and much time and laborhas been expended in so attaching thecovers,

l either after removal for washing or to re-A place a worn cover by anew one. In my 1mproved cover, all suchfasteningmeans are done away'with, and it is only necessary to extend the cover by stretching to valimited l extent, and then to draw the margins thereof downward4 overthe edges of the ironing board top.

In the accompanying drawings, -forming part of this specification,Figurel'is a perl spective view-of the cover showing the bot-l tomthereof, detached vfrom the board top;v

Fig. 2 is a transverse section through the board top with the cover andpa-din place thereon; Fig. 3 is a' fragmentary, perspective view of themargin .of the cover and Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the boardassembled and with one corner of the cover raised in position for nalstretching into place on the top. l r ,Y i f As illustrated, I providean ironing board top 5 having tl1e usual tapered or converging end 6, asquared end 7 extending at right angles to the longitudinal side edgesand rounded corners-at the junctions of the ends and sides of the board.My improved cover 8 is formed with an end 9 adapted to conform to theend '6 of the board, the opposite extremity of the cover being formed tot the end 7 of the board. To form flanges 10 around the margin of thecover 7, said margin is gathered where it is to fit the cornersV orconvex portions of the top at 11 in the drawings.

An endless tape 12 is sewed to the normally lowerv edgeof the flange 10.This tape is made of a material having less elas- 5, as indicated ticitythan the fabric of the cover 8, and is of smaller perimeter than theboard 5, so thatvsaid tape normally lies within the outer margin of saidboard when the cover is in position thereon. The pad 13, which isadapted to be placed beneath-the cover 8, is constructed of suitablethick fabric, or may be made of a number of thicknesses of cloth boundat their edges one to the other, but is 55 otherwise formed like thecover 8 with marginal tape and gathered portions.

To mount the cover and pad on the top 5, the end 6 of said top isinserted in the taperedend 9. of the cover and corresponding end ofthepad, so that said cover and pad cap the end of the board. n Nowtheopposite end of the cover and pad may be forcibly stretched over thesquaredl end 7 of the top 5, so that the tape 12 is carried downwardbeneath the board. Now, when re-` leased, the tape maintains thefabricof the e'over and pad tightlyIupon the top 5. .-To

'remove 'the cover or pad, it 1s only necessary to grasp the tape 12near one of the gathered portions 11 and to stretch the fabricsufficiently to permit the tape to be carried upward past the edge ofthetop 5.

Having described my invention What I claim as new and desire to protectby Letters Patent is The combination with an ironing board top, of acover constructed of a somewhat elastic fabric and 4formed with a marginconstituting flanges adapted to extend downward about the edges of saidtop, and a looped tape, of material having less elasticity than saidcover, secured to said margin and arranged to be drawn over said topwhile stretching the lfabric ofsaid cover, said tape being shorter thanthe Aperimeter of said top and constituting a permanently attachedbinding strip extending entirely around the margin of the cover. l y

In testimony whereof, I have `hereunto 00 signed my name to thisspecification.

ROMAN F. POLSKI.

